Matthew 11:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Blind

The lame

The lepers

Matthew 8:1

Matthew 10:8

2 Kings 5:7

The dead

Matthew 9:24

Luke 7:14

John 11:43

General references

Bible References

Blind

And their eyes were opened; and Jesus sternly charged them, saying, See that no man knows it.

The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.

I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant to the people, for a light to the Gentiles;

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him.

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:

If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the crippled man, by what means he is made whole;

The lame

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and put them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

The lepers

When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely you have received, freely give.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send unto me to cure a man of his leprosy? therefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

The dead

He said unto them, Depart: for the girl is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn.

And he came and touched the coffin: and they that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto you, Arise.

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

General references

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God.

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.

And immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

And he said unto them, The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

And the disciples of John showed him all these things.